About

Common Ground promotes exchange between two enthusiastic, proud communities: Tuskegee, Alabama, and South Berwick, Maine.
One in the north, one in the south, these two communities are similar in size and family-oriented. They both have proud histories. South Berwick is one of the oldest communities in Maine with a history in education and manufacturing. Tuskegee is known as the seat of the Civil Rights Movement and is home to Tuskegee University and of the Tuskegee Airmen.

This project’s mission is to “cultivate an environment for citizens of two communities, one predominantly Black and the other predominantly White, to talk, listen and engage with each other to improve and sustain better race relations.”

One of the project’s guiding principles is the belief that "to talk, listen and engage with each other to improve and sustain better race relations” is important to our mission: To this end, the Common Ground joint committee organizes dialogues that invite residents of both towns to participate in facilitated discussions on race relations.

A proclamation declaring local government support for these efforts was approved unanimously in early 2017 by the Tuskegee City Council and the South Berwick Town Council.

Common Ground will be holding quarterly small session dialogues about race with members of both communities.